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All Aboard A Monthly Publication of the Frisco Railroad Museum; October 1986

All Aboard A Monthly Publication of the Frisco Railroad Museum; October 1986 - Page 1

VOLUME 1 October, 1986 NUMBER 5
New Car Shop Display
Due to the recent acquisition of the Springfield Car Shop files, the museum
is pleased to announce the completion of a new car shop display. Included in
the exhibit are selected blueprints, shop books, and a large selection of
freight car photos. The display also contains a wheel journal brass, coupler
and wheel flange wear gauges, and a rare, one- of- a- kind, scale model of No.
80150 air slide hopper car, built by car shop employees in the early 1960' s.
Members and friends of the museum are reminded that the information contained
in the car shop files is available through the research service component of
the museum's Frisco Folks membership program.
In addition to the new car shop exhibit, the museum has on display many
other new acquisitions including a diesel air horn, a six chamber brass steam
locomotive whistle and the main steam pressure gauge from the old south shops
in Springfield. Other new additions are on display in the dining car exhibit
and the Railway Express Agency display. The museum's archives have been
expanded with the acquisition of a complete set of National Railway Historical
Society Bulletins from 1967 thru 1986. Thanks to the support of our members
and friends, the Frisco Railroad Museum is on track for a long and successful
future!
" Equally important and as honorable to a
railroad conductor as his hand- written signature is
his mechanical endorsement: the perforation made by
his personal punch." So wrote an early railroad
historian, describing one of the most unique and
personalized components of railroad passenger
travel; the conductor's ticket punch.
Credit for the ticket punch idea can be given to
Pappy Ayres, a river boat pilot who also worked as a
conductor on the Erie Railroad. In the early days
of railroading, the conductor would validate a
passenger's ticket by simply writing his initials on
it. Needless to say, many unscrupulous passengers
would erase the mark, turn in the ticket for a
refund, and ride the train free gratis. In 1852,
Ayers suggested that the railroad issue him a punch
that could be used to provide proof positive that he had checked the fare
while at the same time sufficiently mutilating the ticket, thus avoiding any
unauthorized refunds. The railroad agreed, the idea caught on, and soon the
punch was standard equipment for all railroad conductors.
From their beginning, the ticket punches were personalized by assigning a
specific conductor one that would punch a particular letter or number. As the
industry grew and the number of conductors increased, letters and numbers were
replaced with various designs. Once a conductor was issued his punch, it was
his for as long as he remained with the railroad. One conductor became so
attached to his punch that when he died, he was buried with punch in hand.
The museum currently has nine different styles of Frisco ticket punches
on display including those that punched " 1/ 2" for half- fare tickets, " BC"
signifying Baggage Checked, and a rare conductor's punch marked " Frisco
Lines."
An early railroad in Texas, the Bartlett Western Railroad,
was called " The Road of the Apostles." Stations along the
line were named St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke, and St.
John, and copies of the four gospels were placed on the wall
of each waiting room.

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VOLUME 1 October, 1986 NUMBER 5
New Car Shop Display
Due to the recent acquisition of the Springfield Car Shop files, the museum
is pleased to announce the completion of a new car shop display. Included in
the exhibit are selected blueprints, shop books, and a large selection of
freight car photos. The display also contains a wheel journal brass, coupler
and wheel flange wear gauges, and a rare, one- of- a- kind, scale model of No.
80150 air slide hopper car, built by car shop employees in the early 1960' s.
Members and friends of the museum are reminded that the information contained
in the car shop files is available through the research service component of
the museum's Frisco Folks membership program.
In addition to the new car shop exhibit, the museum has on display many
other new acquisitions including a diesel air horn, a six chamber brass steam
locomotive whistle and the main steam pressure gauge from the old south shops
in Springfield. Other new additions are on display in the dining car exhibit
and the Railway Express Agency display. The museum's archives have been
expanded with the acquisition of a complete set of National Railway Historical
Society Bulletins from 1967 thru 1986. Thanks to the support of our members
and friends, the Frisco Railroad Museum is on track for a long and successful
future!
" Equally important and as honorable to a
railroad conductor as his hand- written signature is
his mechanical endorsement: the perforation made by
his personal punch." So wrote an early railroad
historian, describing one of the most unique and
personalized components of railroad passenger
travel; the conductor's ticket punch.
Credit for the ticket punch idea can be given to
Pappy Ayres, a river boat pilot who also worked as a
conductor on the Erie Railroad. In the early days
of railroading, the conductor would validate a
passenger's ticket by simply writing his initials on
it. Needless to say, many unscrupulous passengers
would erase the mark, turn in the ticket for a
refund, and ride the train free gratis. In 1852,
Ayers suggested that the railroad issue him a punch
that could be used to provide proof positive that he had checked the fare
while at the same time sufficiently mutilating the ticket, thus avoiding any
unauthorized refunds. The railroad agreed, the idea caught on, and soon the
punch was standard equipment for all railroad conductors.
From their beginning, the ticket punches were personalized by assigning a
specific conductor one that would punch a particular letter or number. As the
industry grew and the number of conductors increased, letters and numbers were
replaced with various designs. Once a conductor was issued his punch, it was
his for as long as he remained with the railroad. One conductor became so
attached to his punch that when he died, he was buried with punch in hand.
The museum currently has nine different styles of Frisco ticket punches
on display including those that punched " 1/ 2" for half- fare tickets, " BC"
signifying Baggage Checked, and a rare conductor's punch marked " Frisco
Lines."
An early railroad in Texas, the Bartlett Western Railroad,
was called " The Road of the Apostles." Stations along the
line were named St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke, and St.
John, and copies of the four gospels were placed on the wall
of each waiting room.